A-Infos (en) International anarchist statement of Solidarity with the Federação Anarquista Gaúcha

Yesterday, Thursday 29th October, the Civil Police of Rio Grande do Sul, under the command 
of Governor Yeda Crusius, broke into the premises of the Federação Anarquista Gaúcha. 
Police seized various materials such as posters, minutes of meetings, the hard disk of a 
computer and also the contents of refuse containers that were at the headquarters. They 
also tried to intimidate those who came to show their solidarity and names contained in 
the records of the organization's website. Two comrades were arrested and charged. --- The 
comrades of the FAG have spent years fighting against exclusion and casualisation, 
defending justice and decent living conditions. They are well known for their work with 
the "catadores" (collectors of cardboard and recyclable refuse), with the homeless and 
with the landless. In short, work they have been carrying on for years with those at the 
bottom of society.

This is the reason why the police of the State of Rio Grande do Sul is repressing the 
comrades of the FAG, a State immersed in corruption scandals, which takes a repressive 
stance against collectives and organizations that freely exercise their freedom of speech 
in order to criticize various anti-people policies of the government. This is the 
government's response to social protest. And the FAG is not the first to be attacked - we 
must remember the murder of the landless peasant Elton Brum or the death of Marcelo 
Cavalcante last February.

We condemn these acts of repression in the strongest terms. We denounce the incongruity of 
Brazilian government policy, a policy of the right with left-wing words. A policy that is 
governed by the economic parameters dictated by the multinationals and therefore their 
militaristic, repressive tactics.

Not only do we reject this government repression, but we also express our solidarity and 
support for the comrades of the FAG, for the constant and tenacious work they do with the 
ordinary people of their city, which the government and police authorities are seeking to 
silence by terror, intimidation and repression. We are sure they will not succeed.

It is important now to show support and solidarity. For this reason, we appeal to all 
anarchist, libertarian and grassroots organizations and collectives to protest against 
this attack.

Federazione dei Comunisti Anarchici (Italy)
Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (South Africa)
Alternative Libertaire (France)
Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group (Australia)

30 October 2009


This statement is based on the one issued by the Confederación General del Trabajo

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